After offering his brother lodging for his course of radiation therapy, the man informed him — with one day’s notice — that the invitation was...

A reader is distraught that a woman she’s estranged from has been added to her most treasured circle of friends. Is there anything she can...

Months after the bulk of their mother’s estate was divided and paid, a reader’s sister is seeking to keep a remaining balance of $150,000 as...

A reader is left wondering how to patch things up with irked neighbors after an understandably preoccupied friend left the reader’s dog alone to bark...

After her son responded with interest to the idea of moving back home to raise a family, a mother is hurt to realize that he...

Years after traveling cross-country for her sister’s “fake wedding,” a reader feels slighted as both a guest and a taxpayer — and in no mood...

Now that her children’s grandparents have a second home just a few minutes away, a reader finds herself struggling to keep up with (or politely...

On the hook for the lion’s share of care for her homebound mother, a reader wonders how to get her out-of-state siblings to pick up...

Parents who installed a camera in the eye of their daughter’s stuffed bear ask how — and whether — to come clean about their surveillance...

A mother feels an urge to send her sympathies to the family of her son’s classmate who recently died, but she worries it could be...